CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python working with files and dirs

from pathlib import Path
import shutil

tmp = Path("/tmp")

src = tmp.joinpath("src")
src.mkdir()
src.joinpath("src.txt").touch()
# /tmp/src
# /tmp/src/src.txt

dst = tmp.joinpath("dst")
dst.mkdir()
# /tmp/dst

shutil.copytree(src, dst)
# FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/tmp/dst'
shutil.copytree(src, dst, dirs_exist_ok=True)
# PosixPath('/tmp/dst')